Taking It Slow: Kingston Custom's BMW R75/5 Bobber

Today’s motorcycles are loaded with a level of tech that would have been incomprehensible thirty years ago. And it's had a knock-on effect on the custom scene: old bikes rebuilt with new suspension, brakes and electronics have become commonplace. Dirk Oehlerking knows all about the technical side. Operating as Kingston Custom in Germany's Rhine-Ruhr region, he's done everything from customize a brand new Triumph Thruxton R, to turbocharging an old airhead. But Dirk's a staunch believer in the old school. So he also regularly builds classy, lo-fi BMW bobbers in what he calls his signature BMW Kingston style. This 1974...